My husband, son and I took a short trip to Freezeout Lake to see the huge flocks of Snow Geese that migrate through there every Spring. We left on Thursday and got back on Sunday. We always take our trailer and spend a lot of time driving around in our Suburban since it is often windy and usually cold! There were thousands of Snow Geese and we also saw lots of ducks, some pelicans, swans, bluebirds, horned larks, and a golden eagle. I always get to visit The Quilting Hen in Carter, Montana and Cotton Capers Quilt Shop in Choteau to add some choice items to my stash. This year I overdid it (yeah, like I don't do that EVERY year!), but I got some very inspiring pieces and I know they will all find their place in a quilt some day. I also got some great threads which is almost as much fun for me as fabric!
Next week I will be going to our guild retreat at the Double Arrow Ranch in Seeley Lake, Montana. I really need to get my act together and come up with something to do there. It is hard for me since I work from my stash when I make a piece so I have to do the initial stages here in my "studio". I'd like to take something to do handwork on as well as something to do machine work, particularly some quilting. Last year I was able to get most of the quilting done on a piece and that was good for filling up a lot of time over the weekend. I'll try to get a piece or two to that stage and then I just have to make sure I have a good selection of threads to take. There are two quilt shops and a bead shop to hit during the weekend so I'll have to try to control myself.
I just found out that two of my pieces were accepted into the Denver National Quilt Festival. This is the third year I will be in that show. The pieces are "Phases of the Moon" and "Leaf Play" and they are both pieces I made in the last year. I am waiting to hear from a gallery in Missoula to see if any of my pieces will be accepted into their local artist show in May. Everything seems to be in May! I had to be very selective as to which pieces to enter into these shows in order to still have an excellent showing in my solo exhibition at The River's Mist here in Stevensville. I still hope to complete a couple of pieces before that show. Luckily I do have a very strong inventory of work. I'm hoping that my two pieces at MQX get back quickly after that show so I will have them for the solo show.
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